Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1304 Unacceptable

Mae's temper seemed to want to flare up again, but a firm hand continued to grip her hips. Ryu continued to look at Mae's aunt without much of an expression. He didn't seem to care about her words in the slightest.

Ryu only really had two modes. The first was his ruthless. Whenever he heard disrespect, he couldn't be bothered to go back and forth, he would simply attack directly. Most of the time, he didn't have to deal with the chatter of others because they would honestly be dead before they could say much.

The second mode was one that he had sharpened in his first life, and that was dressing down his enemies with his words. The more powerful he became, the less he seemed to use this ability, and he honestly didn't care for it very much. That was because it reminded him of weakness. Why would you waste words on a person you could directly deal with?

However, for some reason, at the moment, he didn't feel that it was much of a burden. He simply felt that it was part of who he was and he felt that same sort of odd... peace about it. So, the side of his lip curled and he looked Mae's aunt up and down.

"You seem to be far more interested in it than she is. Aren't you a married woman? Shouldn't you have a little more shame than to stare at your own niece's man naked?".

Mae's aunt was stunned, but let alone her, even Mae was stunned. The Ryu she knew didn't have such a side to him, but her gaze couldn't help but glow as she looked toward him. She felt a hint of happiness in her heart, not because Ryu was degrading her aunt, but rather because she was learning a new side of him. This sort of simple happiness wasn't something she had ever experienced before.

As for her aunt, she had never expected that Ryu would dare to say such words. Even though she was Mae's aunt, she was also a Sky God. The way of the cultivation world was exceptionally strict, the division between those with strength and those without was quite clear.

"What did you just say to me?"

These words didn't actually come out with an enraged tint. Instead, they were clearly laced with a stunned air to them. It was like she was trying to figure out whether this was a dream or not before she decided whether or not to get angry.

Ryu didn't answer this question, continuing to look her in the eye.

After a moment, Mae's aunt scoffed and then began to laugh in rage. She seemed to have finally realized that this wasn't a dream at all.

"You're quite audacious as a "man" using my niece as a shield."

"Sorry, did you expect me to assault you in a fury or something to that effect? I personally think a man who's capable of using a woman as a shield also has some capability, don't you think? If you're looking for what you can't seem to take your eyes off of, I can show you what it feels like to want to protect a man too."

Mae's aunt was in a daze. Why did everything she say and do seem to turn back around on her? She had never met a man to so boldly say that he wanted to be protected by a woman either. But at the same time, she could tell that Ryu wasn't truly making use of Mae either. Someone with that much fear wouldn't be able to speak with her so calmly in the first place.

Now that she thought about it, how was this person even speaking to her at all, and how did his eyes have such life in them? She had seen many whose Dao hearts had been shattered before, their Dream Asura family was quite unique in this as they had many powerful methods of testing themselves for this matter, as such there were obviously many who had overestimated themselves and ended up in the same situation as Ryu. But...

Mae's aunt, Kelcyne, shook her head. She felt that arguing with someone so shameless would only make her enraged to the extreme. In truth, the reason she was so casual was because she was practically the only person on Mae's side to begin with.

Mae's father, Rogryll, was absolutely infuriated, and by extension, her mother had to stand on his side or else their Clan's Patriarch would be humiliated not just once, but twice. This wasn't something she was willing to allow, so even if Rogryll's wife was on her daughter's side, she didn't have an outward showing of it and hadn't even come to visit Mae in these few days.

The politics of such a family were quite deep and complex, so it was only natural that many interactions weren't as simple as they seemed on the surface.

"Mae, there is an important family meeting now, which is why I've come for you."

"Ah..." Mae had completely forgotten. Their family was still in an awkward state right this moment and they were preparing for the final phase of their retreat, so it was about time for them to leave.

It had to be remembered that the reason they were doing all of this was because Mae's Dao had entered the Ancient Grade. This was something that circumvented the rules of the higher Heavens and the purpose for the Seventh Heaven descending so early was precisely so that they could find the individuals who had broken this rule so many times.

This also explained why so many were infuriated. The family was bearing a great burden for Mae at this moment, even having to relocate, and yet her actions were quite excessively selfish in their eyes. It was fine if she had a boy toy, but she had actually lost her Primordial Yin to a cripple, this was entirely unacceptable.